row of chairs

  • 1row — row1 [ rou ] noun count *** 1. ) a series of people or things arranged in a straight line: The teacher stopped in front of a little boy in the front row. row of: a row of houses/stores/chairs row upon row (=a lot of rows): She could see row upon… …

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  • 2row — I ARRANGEMENT OR SEQUENCE ♦♦♦ rows (Pronounced [[t]ro͟ʊ[/t]] in row 1 and 2, and [[t]ra͟ʊ[/t]] in row 3.) 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A row of things or people is a number of them arranged in a line. ...a row of pretty little cottages... Several men… …

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  • 3row — I UK [rəʊ] / US [roʊ] noun [countable] Word forms row : singular row plural rows *** 1) a) a series of people or things arranged in a straight line The teacher stopped in front of a little boy in the front row. row of: a row of… …

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  • 4row — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bottom, middle, top ▪ back, front ▪ first, second, etc …

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  • 5row*/*/*/ — [rəʊ] noun [C] I 1) a series of people or things that are arranged in a straight line a row of houses/shops/chairs[/ex] 2) a line of seats in a theatre or cinema • in a row 1) in a straight line[/ex] The children stood in a row against the… …

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  • 6musical chairs — 1) N UNCOUNT Musical chairs is a game that children play at parties. They run round a row of chairs while music plays and try to sit down on one when the music stops. 2) N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you describe the situation within a particular… …

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  • 7musical chairs — noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1877 a game in which players march to music around a row of chairs numbering one less than the players and scramble for seats when the music stops; also a situation or series of events suggesting the …

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  • 8musical chairs — noun uncount 1. ) a children s game in which players walk around a row of chairs and quickly sit down when the music stops. There is one less chair than there are people, and the person who does not get a chair leaves the game. This continues… …

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  • 9musical chairs — UK / US noun [uncountable] 1) a children s game in which players walk round a row of chairs and quickly sit down when the music stops. There is one less chair than there are people, and the person who does not get a chair leaves the game. This… …

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  • 10in a row — three days in a row: CONSECUTIVELY, in succession; running, straight; informal on the trot. → row * * * forming a line four chairs were set in a row ■ informal …

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